The Toys Cats Will Love
November 12, 2009 by
Filed under Cat Care
Do you walk through the pet store, see the many toys available for your cat, and wonder if the expense will be worth it? Cats can be fickle creatures, but a good time can be found with almost any toy. Cats are like children they go through stages and sometimes need age appropriate toys and can get bored very easily. Some suggestions for toys include the cat towers, stuffed mice, small amounts of catnip, stuffed animals, ribbons, and plastic balls.
From an early age, kittens learn to pick up things in their mouths. It is an instinct, just like using their claws. When a cat plays, they like to grab and bit their toys. Let us look at the toys listed above. A cat tower is a great way to teach you cat where it is appropriate to climb. It will keep them off the blinds or curtains while giving them hours of fun. There are many styles of cat towers from the two story towers to the ones rising to the ceiling. The answer to your question is, the more levels they have the more fun and enjoyment they will receive out of a cat tower. A cat will use the tower for play as well as sleep. They like to bat at ropes and other items dangling off the tower as well as going through little tunnels up to the next level. If you have two cats you will have fun watching them give chase to the top often trying to knock the other off. A cat tower can be practical because they will scratch at it rather than your couch.
Stuffed mice are also important to any kitty
Potty Train Your Cat
October 24, 2009 by
Filed under Cat Care
On hearing about it, training your cat to use the toilet may seem to be an impossible task. Believe it or not cat potty training is actually a reality. Although it can take time, you can successfully train your cat to use the toilet.
The reason it is possible to train cats is because they are intelligent animals. While humans behavior is based more on habit, a cat depends on instinct. Cats generally follow the instinct of scratching and covering the urine and feces; so an essential part of cat potty training is to stop this instinct.
You can choose from a number of different products available for potty training your cat. In order for cats to continue using litter, most of these products are supplied with inserts which you can place in the toilet. This has the effect of the cat thinking it is still using a litter box, until it is familiar with the toilet.
Therefore your cat will also get used to the toilet seat while using this new litter box. If you want to further facilitate training, you could fit a small pail under the toilet seat.
For those with an extra bathroom, the water here could be switched off and this room dedicated to training the cat. As the cat

